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ADDENDUM. 



OBDER CTPEBACILS. 



Insert after GENUS ISOLEPIS p. 536. 



GENUS ASCOLEPIS. 



GEtr. Chab. Capitulum involuorated : scales eveiywliere imbri- 

 cated from the pits of a hemispherical terete receptacle, of the same 

 shape, all flower-bearing, convolute-concave at the base, terminating 

 in a very long point : stamens three (?) (one Rich.) style 3-cleft, 

 equal at the base : bristles or small scales none : achenium ovate- 

 oblong, naked. 



(1) A. lEiroioa. fSteuiel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. o. p. 105. 



Spec. Ckab. Culm thin, erect, somewhat flaccid, weak, smooth : 

 leaves very narrow from a loose dilated straight sheath, flattish or 

 sub-convolute, shorter than the culm, slightly glabrotis : leaflets of 

 the somewh£|.t 2-leaved involucre many times longer than the 

 capitule, thin, recurved or straight : spikes of the capitule 1 — 3 : 

 receptacle terete, oblong, lowest scales oblong-ovate, upper ones 

 narrower, all mucronate, squarrosely recurved, pale: achenium 

 ovate-oblong, sub-truncate at the apex, smooth, naked. 



Bengal. 



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